Catalogue description Page: 8. Name: Edward Williams . Occupation: Locomotive Fireman . Place of accident:...

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Details of RAIL 23/64/8
Reference: RAIL 23/64/8
Description:

Page: 8.

Name: Edward Williams.

Occupation: Locomotive Fireman.

Place of accident: Barry Station Yard, Glamorgan.

Injury: Sustained a blow to the head, was knocked from the engine on to the track, where he was run over by the engine and died.

Details of accident: Williams was the Fireman on the 07.15 passenger service from Barry to Cardiff. Whilst preparing coal for the fire he was hit on the head by the moving load-guage. The shock knocked him from the engine and on to the track where his legs were run over by the moving engine and he died.

Date: 1899 Nov 6
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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